Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi cancels campaign stops after falling ill

25.03.2012

The Nobel laureate opposition leader, who is running for a seat in parliament in the April 1 polls, was put on a drip and ordered to rest by her doctor after falling ill in the town of Myeik in the country's far south.

Looking tired and drawn, Ms Suu Kyi, 66, arrived at Yangon airport after cutting short her visit, saying only that she was "not well".

Her doctor, Tin Myo Win, said that he had asked that she cancel a final campaign trip on Tuesday and Wednesday to Magway, the central region where her independence hero father was born.

"She is recovering, but she needs to rest for at least a week," he said.

An increasingly frail-looking Ms Suu Kyi has been briefly taken ill once before during her gruelling schedule of rallies and speeches across the country.